Focused Finn, Happy Finn, Grumpy Finn, Sad Finn

As I was looking back over the pictures from the past couple of posts (yeah, I do that... even with Finn in front of me I like to look at pictures of him... sad, I know) I noticed that he's not really smiling in most of them.  It gives the impression that he is a very serious baby.

This is NOT true!  He is an ornery, happy, laughy baby... the thing is, when he's concentrating or trying something new, he gets this very serious "focus face."  And, often, we think to take pictures when he's concentrating and trying something new.  So you see the problem in representation!  So this blog will redress that balance with lots of what Finn looks like most of the day (I actually specifically kept the camera out to get some "normal day" shots).

But FIRST! Some more focus face for you - to show you how good he's getting at his new skills!  He's always a bit behind on his gross motor skills - so he still can't sit up on his own or anything - but he's very very in control of his hands.  Here are some videos of us giving him some weird things for him to explore.  It may not look too impressive, but trust me that his hand control is above and beyond :o)




He also is a big fan of playing with the computer. My Mom gave me a link to something called 'Baby Smash' which is a program that locks your computer from any harm being done and instead every key reads out a letter or a shape. Finn LOVES it - which means he can be entertained easily, but also that he thinks he can bang on my laptop whenever he wants... not sure how I feel about that, but here's him having a go:



So that's Focus-Face-Finn.
And as promised here is some happy Finn!

He likes being scared...

And is quite ticklish...


And, just for good measure, here's him laughing in the swing in America...


So he is happy most of the time, but he can also get himself into some proper grumps - particularly if you do something he doesn't want you to do...
This is a video of him rolling, the one major skill that he CAN do.  He can roll over all different directions.  And uses this to get into all sorts of trouble and move into exactly the place I don't want him to go to.  But if you try and make him do it on camera by taking away one of his favourite toys (the amazingly high tech plastic bowl) he gets a bit grumpy....




But what about sad Finn?  Well, we obviously don't often take pictures and videos when he's unhappy.  But I do have one - this is a video of him crying in his sleep.  I don't know what he was dreaming about but it was certainly unhappy!
Please ignore my frizzy hair by the way - it was early in the morning.  Please also ignore my convulsions as I try very very hard not to laugh.  It shouldn't have been funny, but it really was!